Kitchen Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Otley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare in Otley seeks a dedicated Kitchen Assistant to provide first-class food and hospitality for residents. This role is crucial for ensuring a nutritious diet and a fulfilling dining experience, enhancing residents' well-being.

The ideal candidate is reliable and caring, with experience in a commercial or care setting being beneficial. Additionally, Barchester offers competitive pay and a comprehensive rewards package, including training and various discounts.

Qualifications

• Commitment to maintaining high kitchen standards and food preparation.
• Reliability, consideration, and care in approach are essential.
• Previous experience in a similar role is valued but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing first-class food and hospitality for residents.
• Help produce meals and enhance the dining experience.
• Engage with residents to promote a fulfilling atmosphere.

Skills

Attention to detail

People skills

Education

Experience in commercial or care setting

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Kitchen Assistant is so important. You'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents, enhance their hospitality experience and develop your skills. ABOUT YOU When you join us as a Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That's why we're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. You should

Main duties of the job

As a Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you will assist in providing first-class food and hospitality, enabling exceptional all-round care and support for residents. Emphasizing the importance of a healthy, nutritious diet for the well-being of the residents, you will help produce meals and ensure a fulfilling dining experience. The role extends beyond meal preparation, offering opportunities to interact with residents and enhance their hospitality experience. The job requires a commitment to maintaining high standards in the kitchen and in food preparation, with reliability, consideration, and care in your approach. Formal qualifications are not necessary, but experience in a similar commercial or care setting is valued.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a company dedicated to providing quality care and support in its care homes. The organisation places a strong emphasis on the well-being and quality of life of its residents. Through a comprehensive approach to care, Barchester Healthcare seeks to provide exceptional service and support to its residents. The organisation values the role of its staff members in achieving these goals, promoting a collaborative environment where staff can engage with residents and contribute to a fulfilling atmosphere. Employees are recognised and rewarded through competitive pay rates, training and development opportunities, and various benefit packages, underscoring Barchester Healthcare's commitment to both staff and residents.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Kitchen Assistant is so important. You'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents, enhance their hospitality experience and develop your skills.

ABOUT YOUWhen you join us as a Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That's why we're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. You should be reliable, considerate and caring in your approach. Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'

And so much more!

If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Formal qualifications are not necessary. Previous experience in a similar commercial or care setting is useful.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.